Suburbs

Sister charged in killing

Stacey Wescott, Chicago Tribune

Mundelein police officers walk outside of a townhouse along the 1600 block of Woodhaven Court in Mundelein, where an 11-year-old girl was found dead Jan., 22, 2014. The victim's 14-year-old half-sister has been charged in her killing.

Mundelein police officers walk outside of a townhouse along the 1600 block of Woodhaven Court in Mundelein, where an 11-year-old girl was found dead Jan., 22, 2014. The victim's 14-year-old half-sister has been charged in her killing. (Stacey Wescott, Chicago Tribune)

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